Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:25:47 +0000
A New Mexico senator has introduced a bill that would support community solar projects and help expand access to solar energy across the U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D), considered […]
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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:09:30 +0000
Michigan, along with many other states, is set to receive significant funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program (more than $156 million for Michigan specifically). With these funds the state can dramatically increase community and household access to the benefits of solar energy. The program requires that participating … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:50:52 +0000
Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:25:36 +0000
Solar power in the US is growing by leaps and bounds, and microgrid and community solar projects are part of the reason why.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:13:41 +0000
The US solar developer BlueWave has launched a suite of five agrivoltaics projects in Massachusetts, including a community solar angle that benefits local ratepayers as well as farmers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:48:46 +0000
Berkeley Lab study reveals how industry engages with energy host communities when developing large wind and solar projects. The increasing deployment of utility-scale wind and solar energy across the US highlights debates about the appropriate role for the public in siting and permitting decisions. Important to these discussions is a … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:49:40 +0000
A New York-based infrastructure investment fund said it has completed its purchase of a community solar and battery energy storage business in a deal to expand the U.S. community solar […]
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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:58:17 +0000
Reunion, a leading clean energy finance company, today announced that it has collaborated with Summit Ridge Energy, the leading commercial solar company in the United States, to sell approximately $40 million of transferable tax credits from a portfolio of community solar projects in Virginia. The purchaser of these tax credits is a privately … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:11:13 +0000
Microsoft and Pivot Energy have joined forces to pump up to 500 megawatts into the rapidly expanding community solar market.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:23:39 +0000
Lowering electricity bills is one of the main reasons why consumers may decide to install rooftop solar panels. Every household is different—from the size of the home, to the number of people living in it, to the electricity needs of those people, to where the buy their electricity—so calculating an … [continued]
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